15-732 Street railway; abandonment of line; failure to pay paving tax; forfeiture of charter.
15-732. Street railway; abandonment of line; failure to pay paving tax; forfeiture of charter.Any street railway company which shall abandon the use of and fail to use its line of railway or any material portion thereof for railway purposes, or shall fail to pay its paving taxes and assessments, shall be subject to forfeiture of its charter; and upon reasonable notice in writing served upon such company, the city council shall have power by ordinance to declare the charter of such company forfeited; and the city council may cause the said unused tracks to be taken up and the street and paving repaired, may assess the cost of the same to the said street railway company, and may collect the said costs as a special tax against said company. SourceLaws 1901, c. 16, § 106, p. 112; R.S.1913, § 4539; C.S.1922, § 3925; C.S.1929, § 15-718; R.S.1943, § 15-732.